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Allergens
An allergen is a substance that can cause an allergic reaction. In some people, the immune system recognizes these substances as foreign or dangerous and therefore it reacts and makes an antibody to defend against the allergen. Common allergens include tree nuts, dairy, and eggs.
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MAR 10, 2017Microbiology
Why the heck do we get allergies? Researchers from the University of Geneva knew that kids who grew up on farms w ...Written By: Kerry EvansJAN 31, 2017Videos
Labeling on health and beauty products and cosmetics are important. People need to know what is in the cream they put on ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 24, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
About one in 12 Americans, or 25 million people, are diagnosed with asthma. But a new study reports that about a third o ...JAN 17, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Imagine having allergies so severe that the scent from a pizzeria a mile away could give you severe reactions. Or being ...JAN 05, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Dont blame it all on genetics. Environment and your own healthy outlook still play a major role in keeping you free from ...Written By: Jennifer EllisDEC 06, 2016Immunology
Scientists have discovered a cellular switch that can be turned “on” or “off,” which could be vi ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 01, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Hookworms are often associated with malodorous gastrointestinal infections in humans. But now, scientists are turning th ...OCT 23, 2016Immunology
What is it about dust mites that make them such a strong allergen for so many people? Scientists from Duke University an ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 21, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Tests that aim to diagnose asthma in young children can often be highly stressful to both the child and the parents. Fur ...SEP 16, 2016Videos
Science portrayed in movies is, unsurprisingly, usually farfetched and largely separated from reality. However unrealist ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 09, 2016Immunology
Food allergies, especially in children, are becoming more and more at the center of different kinds of research: immunol ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 24, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
It seems unlikely that being a musician could come with any big health risks. However, for one bagpiper from the U ...JUL 27, 2016Health & Medicine
Is ADAM to blame for the prevalence of asthma? Maybe, but it’s the gene and not the man. In a new study from the U ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 26, 2016Health & Medicine
All antihistamine drugs on the market today block only the H1 receptor, but there are three more histamine receptors tha ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Starving immune cells of key nutrients thwarts their ability to launch an allergic response, according to new resea ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 26, 2016Immunology
Despite a rapid growth in food allergy cases, the proportion of children with telltale food antibodies in their blood di ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 15, 2016Health & Medicine
After completing intense exercise, over three thousand human genes are expressed to help the body recuperate. However, d ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 13, 2016Videos
As spring and summer approaches, allergy sufferers are bemoaning the ever-increasing pollen count. According to the Amer ...APR 09, 2016Videos
Skin is the largest organ in the human body. It plays an important role as the barrier between your important internal o ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetMAR 23, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
After receiving a bone marrow transplant, a 46-year-old man reportedly acquired a new fruit allergy to kiwis. The myster ...MAR 21, 2016Immunology
Were you born in the summer, fall, winter or spring? Scientists believe that birth season impacts risk of developing cer ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 04, 2016Immunology
All food allergies are not created equal. In fact, researchers from the University of Southampton set out to prove just ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 12, 2016Immunology
Vitamin D is an essential micronutrient that must be obtained from the environment; the body does not make it on its own ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 08, 2016Immunology
Analysis of thousands of genes from the 1000 Genomes Project and genome sequences of ancient hominins has allowed scient ...Written By: Kara Marker
MAR 10, 2017
Microbiology
Why the heck do we get allergies? Researchers from the University of Geneva knew that kids who grew up on farms w
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JAN 31, 2017
Videos
Labeling on health and beauty products and cosmetics are important. People need to know what is in the cream they put on
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 24, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
About one in 12 Americans, or 25 million people, are diagnosed with asthma. But a new study reports that about a third o
...
JAN 17, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Imagine having allergies so severe that the scent from a pizzeria a mile away could give you severe reactions. Or being
...
JAN 05, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Dont blame it all on genetics. Environment and your own healthy outlook still play a major role in keeping you free from
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
DEC 06, 2016
Immunology
Scientists have discovered a cellular switch that can be turned “on” or “off,” which could be vi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 01, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Hookworms are often associated with malodorous gastrointestinal infections in humans. But now, scientists are turning th
...
OCT 23, 2016
Immunology
What is it about dust mites that make them such a strong allergen for so many people? Scientists from Duke University an
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 21, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Tests that aim to diagnose asthma in young children can often be highly stressful to both the child and the parents. Fur
...
SEP 16, 2016
Videos
Science portrayed in movies is, unsurprisingly, usually farfetched and largely separated from reality. However unrealist
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 09, 2016
Immunology
Food allergies, especially in children, are becoming more and more at the center of different kinds of research: immunol
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 24, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
It seems unlikely that being a musician could come with any big health risks. However, for one bagpiper from the U
...
JUL 27, 2016
Health & Medicine
Is ADAM to blame for the prevalence of asthma? Maybe, but it’s the gene and not the man. In a new study from the U
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 26, 2016
Health & Medicine
All antihistamine drugs on the market today block only the H1 receptor, but there are three more histamine receptors tha
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Starving immune cells of key nutrients thwarts their ability to launch an allergic response, according to new resea
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 26, 2016
Immunology
Despite a rapid growth in food allergy cases, the proportion of children with telltale food antibodies in their blood di
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 15, 2016
Health & Medicine
After completing intense exercise, over three thousand human genes are expressed to help the body recuperate. However, d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 13, 2016
Videos
As spring and summer approaches, allergy sufferers are bemoaning the ever-increasing pollen count. According to the Amer
...
APR 09, 2016
Videos
Skin is the largest organ in the human body. It plays an important role as the barrier between your important internal o
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 23, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
After receiving a bone marrow transplant, a 46-year-old man reportedly acquired a new fruit allergy to kiwis. The myster
...
MAR 21, 2016
Immunology
Were you born in the summer, fall, winter or spring? Scientists believe that birth season impacts risk of developing cer
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 04, 2016
Immunology
All food allergies are not created equal. In fact, researchers from the University of Southampton set out to prove just
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 12, 2016
Immunology
Vitamin D is an essential micronutrient that must be obtained from the environment; the body does not make it on its own
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 08, 2016
Immunology
Analysis of thousands of genes from the 1000 Genomes Project and genome sequences of ancient hominins has allowed scient
...
Written By:
Kara Marker